Screening for asymptomatic chlamydia and gonorrhea in primary care

Dr. Ainsley Moore discusses a new guideline by the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care. The guideline recommends opportunistic screening for chlamydia and gonorrhea in primary care for individuals not known to be at high risk. Ainsley unpacks the recommendation and talks about what it means for clinical practice.Dr. Ainsley Moore is a family physician and an associate clinical professor in medicine at McMaster University.She is one of the authors of the CTFPHC guideline published in CMAJ:www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.201967Podcast transcript: https://www.cmaj.ca/transcript-201967-----------------------------------Subscribe to CMAJ Podcasts on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast app. You can also follow us directly on our SoundCloud page or you can visit www.cmaj.ca/page/multimedia/podcasts.

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